Wire-handling tool.



M. TOTTEN.

' WIRE HANDLING TOOL.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 2, 1909.

932,650, Patented Aug.31,1909

UNITED STATES/PATENT OFFICE.

WIRE-HANDLING 'TooL.

932, 65 O. Specification of Letters Patent." Patentd Aug. 31, 1909.

Application jfiled January 2, 1909. Serial No. 470,289.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, MILO To r'rniv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Abilene, in the county of Taylor and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful 1m: provements in ire-Handling Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to tools for stretching wire netting, so that it may be secured to a frame.

Another object of my invention is to provide a tool for stretching wire netting which can be used for turning the edge of the netting over so that it may be securely fastened after the netting has been stretched, and one which can be used on wide or narrow strips by a single adjustment of the claws. Still another object of'my invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which will be strong, durable, efiicient and simple and also one in. which the several parts will not be liable to get out of order.

With the above andother objects in view, my invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction and. op

eration, an example of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, showing the claws engaged with apiece of wire netting, Fig. 2 is a section of the handle of my device taken on the-line m w 'ofFig. 1, andFig. 3 is an end view of the tool. Fig. 4 is a section of the handle showing how it may be used for lapping the wire.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a hollow handle which terminates in a head 2 adapted to be placed against a frame 3 while the claws A fixed on the threaded stem 5 are arranged to engage with the wirenetting 6. In stretching wire screening, the

claws are fastened in the wire 6 as shown in Fig. 1, the frame being used as a fulcrum. Power enough to stretch the wire may be ap plied to the handle and the wire thus held in position, may be readily attached to the frame. The claws may be adjusted to reach over a wide or narrow strip and engage with thewire by turning the threaded stem in or out of the head.

After the wire has been secured to the frame the rough edges of the same may be lapped back by inserting the rounded end of the handle under the edge of the wire and pushing the tool along the surface of the frame, as shown in the section Fig. 4.

, lVhatI claim, is; j a

1. In a tool for stretching wire, the combination' with a head, of a handle connected with the head, claws carried by the head, and means for adjusting the claws.

2.111 a tool for stretching wire netting, the combination with a head, of a handle fixed on the head, and adjustable claws carried by the head.

3. In a' tool for handling wire netting, the

combination with head, of a handle having a concave lower side adapted to be used in turning'the edge of the netting, and adjustable claws carried by the head.

' 4. In a tool for stretching wire netting,

the combination with a head, of a handle carried by the head, a means adapted to engage with the wire carried by the head, and means' for adjusting the last named means. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

(MILO TOTTEN. Witnesses: r A. H. KIRBY, a J. B. HEITOHEN. 

